@RejectedAng3L There doesn't really seem to be much overlap between people who want to sell stuff, and people who want to preserve stuff.
And most of the time, people who want to buy stuff to keep it for themselves have more money to spend, so its safer to get it into the hands of someone trusted as soon as possible.
@Sinton You don't need a computer to dump/restore from carts to the SD card. But if you wanted to play the dumped ROMs on an emulator or flashcart, you would need to use a computer.
@deKay This is open source and can dump NES/Famicom, SNES, N64, GB(C), GBA, SMD, plus with adapters you can dump even more. Also its open source hardware+software that's actively, developed and probably much faster/reliable than old things like that.
@Sinton @Roam85 This allows you to read ROMs and read/write save games from carts. It uses an SD card - you can plug the SD card into your PC. It doesn't require/use any console hardware. It looks like a pretty good kit for backups and preservation.
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Re: Rumour: Seller Of Undumped GBA, DS, DSi And 3DS Beta Carts Raided By British Police
@RejectedAng3L There doesn't really seem to be much overlap between people who want to sell stuff, and people who want to preserve stuff.
And most of the time, people who want to buy stuff to keep it for themselves have more money to spend, so its safer to get it into the hands of someone trusted as soon as possible.
Re: This Device Could End Up Being Essential For All Retro Gamers
@Sinton You don't need a computer to dump/restore from carts to the SD card. But if you wanted to play the dumped ROMs on an emulator or flashcart, you would need to use a computer.
Re: This Device Could End Up Being Essential For All Retro Gamers
@Sinton You mean if it can act as a cartridge? No. You'd need to buy a flashcart for that.
Re: This Device Could End Up Being Essential For All Retro Gamers
@deKay This is open source and can dump NES/Famicom, SNES, N64, GB(C), GBA, SMD, plus with adapters you can dump even more. Also its open source hardware+software that's actively, developed and probably much faster/reliable than old things like that.
@Sinton @Roam85
This allows you to read ROMs and read/write save games from carts. It uses an SD card - you can plug the SD card into your PC. It doesn't require/use any console hardware. It looks like a pretty good kit for backups and preservation.
https://github.com/sanni/cartreader
https://github.com/sanni/cartreader/wiki/User-Guide
Re: This Device Could End Up Being Essential For All Retro Gamers
Its not "from" Save the Hero, they are just manufacturing some (not that this is a bad thing). Its Sanni's cart reader, which is open source (hardware + software): https://twitter.com/CartridgeReader/status/1489555753640013830
https://github.com/sanni/cartreader